Herb Thomas, Marshall Teague, Tim Flock, Dick Rathmann and others would give Hudson 80 wins from 1951 through 1955, dominating the sport and forcing the Big Three into providing factory support for stock car racers running those cars.

Thomas sold his 1952 FHH when he got a new Hornet in 1954, and it slipped into obscurity, and was driven on the street by new owners that had no idea that under the paint was a championship winning race car.

It came up on the radar in the 70s when an owner learned it had "severe usage parts / race car parts" and 10 years later he sold it as it was not running, and taking up space.